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  1. 'Recycling' is a method for conserving the resources of

  2. A.

     Coal

    B.

     Oil

    C.

     Copper

    D.

     Limestone

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  3. Horizontal transfer of heat is known as

  4. A.

     Advection

    B.

     Convection

    C.

     Conduction

    D.

     Elliptical line

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  5. The Trans-Siberian railway links

  6. A.

     The Baltic coast with the North Sea

    B.

     Leningrad with Oldiotsk

    C.

     Buanos Aires with Valparaiso

    D.

     Leningrad with Vladivostok

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  7. When humidity is expressed in terms of percentage then it is known as

  8. A.

     Absolute humidity

    B.

     Specific humidity

    C.

     Relative humidity

    D.

     Ratio humidity

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  9. The snowline is the line on mountain or hill slope which

  10. A.

     Is the highest limit of perpetual snow .

    B.

     Is the lowest limit of perpetual snow

    C.

     Represents the highest amount of snowfall received

    D.

     Represents the lowest amount of snowfall received

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  11. Consider the following statements :
    1. Where fold mountains run parallel and close to the coast, continental shelf is narrow or absent
    2. The average depth of continental shelf is 100 meters
    3. Submarine canyons are mostly found in continental slope
    4. The submarine flat topped mountains are called guyots.

  12. A.

     1, 2, 3 and 4

    B.

     1, 2 and 4

    C.

     1, 3 and 4

    D.

     2 and 3

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  13. The International Date Line is

  14. A.

     180 degrees longitude

    B.

     The equator

    C.

     90 degrees east longitude

    D.

     0 degree longitude

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  15. The ports which function as the collection centres where the goods are brought from different countries to be sent to others besides their own country are called ________

  16. A.

     Out ports

    B.

     Packet stations

    C.

     Entreport ports

    D.

     Port of call

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  17. Which of the following natural regions is known as the "big game country" a land of "Safari"?

  18. A.

     Equatorial

    B.

     Tropical deserts

    C.

     Savanna or Tropical Grassland region

    D.

     Temperate Grassland region

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  19. The Gutenburg discontinuity separates ________.

  20. A.

     Sial and Sima

    B.

     Lithosphere and outer mantle

    C.

     Outer mantle and inner mantle

    D.

     Inner mantle and the core

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